Specifically designed for North East-based, consumer-focused businesses, the workshop will be led by a trio of experts in the field of consumer brands, providing golden insights into the worlds of trend-forecasting, product design and marketing and PR.

The event will bring together Scaleup NE clients that are planning, or already experiencing high growth and promises to be an unmissable networking and learning opportunity for companies specialising in consumer products or services. This workshop is not available anywhere else in the North East.

Trend Bible is fast becoming one of Europe’s leading trend-forecasting agencies, counting clients such as Boots, Ronseal and Moonpig among its roster, as well as a growing client base in the US. Specialising in ‘life at home’ and ‘babies and kids’, Trend Bible predicts consumer trends two years ahead of the mainstream, giving companies valuable insights into how to develop their products and services.

Founded in the 1950s, Decide is the UK’s longest-standing independent creative business, with an impressive line of household brand names under its belt, including Fairy, Daz, Dr Oetker, Chicago Town and Eukanuba. Decide supports a range of SME brands as part of its' brand boutique’ service and frequently wins national awards for the impact of its' work, most recently for the Travelling Bee Company.

W North arrived in Newcastle at the end of 2017, when one of the UK’s fastest-growing PR agencies, W Communications, decided to invest in an office in the North of England. The company represents Marmite, Freixenet, Nesta and a range of other consumer brands and is also committed to working with SMEs at a local level.